Editing Xfce (section)

=== Parole ===
[[File:Parole Media Player 1.0.5 (2019-11).png|thumb|Parole 1.0.5 (2019–11)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mail.xfce.org/pipermail/xfce/2019-November/036740.html |title=ANNOUNCE: parole 1.0.5 released |publisher=Mail.xfce.org |date= 15 November 2019|accessdate=2022-08-11 |archive-date=14 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814120756/https://mail.xfce.org/pipermail/xfce/2019-November/036740.html |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
[[File:Parole media player Xubuntu 20.04.png|thumb|Parole 1.0.5]]

''Parole'' is a simple media player based on the [[GStreamer]] framework. It is designed with simplicity, speed and resource usage in mind, and is part of the Xfce Goodies<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.xfce.org/apps/parole/start|title=apps:parole:start [Xfce Docs]|website=docs.xfce.org|access-date=2019-02-23|archive-date=14 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214061743/https://docs.xfce.org/apps/parole/start|url-status=live}}</ref> and uses at least three libraries from the Xfce project (libxfce4ui, libxfce4util, and libxfconf).<ref>{{cite web |title=Debian -- Details of package parole in bullseye |url=https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/parole |access-date=3 May 2020 |archive-date=18 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318033325/https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/parole |url-status=live }}</ref>

It is similar to ''[[GNOME Videos]]'', but it has some advantages and disadvantages compared to it:

;Advantages
* It has (X11/[[XShm]]/[[XVideo|Xv]]) video output that provides a much higher frame rate than Clutter-based video output of GNOME Videos which relies upon OpenGL or OpenGL ES for rendering
* Traditional text-based playlist on the main window for both audio and video files which provides an easy and fast switch between the files and shows their time
* [[Audio visualization]]
* Showing a banner upon the videos that have multiple audio or subtitle files

;Disadvantages
* Lacks a mechanism to speed up or slow down the media playback<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13550|title=13550 – No way to speed up or slow down video playback|access-date=3 May 2020|archive-date=15 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615022208/https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13550|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Lacks many advanced features of GNOME Videos
* As of version 1.0.5 (2019–11) it cannot run under [[Wayland (display server protocol)|Wayland]]